Ice Erosion

Question 1

What is a large mass of ice that moves over land?

Answer 1

glacier

Question 2

What are the two types of glaciers?

Answer 2

Alpine and Continental

Question 3

Where do Alpine glaciers form?

Answer 3

mountains, Alaska

Question 4

Where do Continental glaciers form?

Answer 4

North and South Poles (Greenland and Antarctica)

Question 5

What two processes cause glaciers to move?

Answer 5

flowing and sliding

Question 6

As glaciers move over rocks, the leave scratches and scrapes called

Answer 6

abrasions

Question 7

What is sediment left on the ground by a retreating glacier?

Answer 7

till or moraines

Question 8

What are three types of formations made from till from a retreating glacier?

Answer 8

eskers, drumlins, kames

Question 9

What are large glacial rocks that are left behind from retreating glacier?

Answer 9

Erratics

Question 10

What are depressions that glaciers leave that can fill with water?

Answer 10

kettle lakes

Question 11

What kettle lakes are nearby that are evidence that this region of the country was covered in glaciers?

Answer 11

Great Lakes